During a Samsung press event Monday at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas, action-movie producer Michael Bay (Transformers, Friday the 13th) was supposed to comment on the benefits of the company’s new curved HDTVs, but ended up walking off the stage after his teleprompter malfunctioned. “The type is all off … sorry,” he said, shortly before walking offstage. Watch his mini-meltdown above.

Later on Monday, Bay apologized for the incident in a post on his website. “Wow! I just embarrassed myself at CES,” Bay wrote before praising Samsung’s new curved HD television. “I got so excited to talk, that I skipped over the Exec VP’s intro line and then the teleprompter got lost,” Bay continued. ” Then the prompter went up and down – then I walked off. I guess live shows aren’t my thing.”

Perhaps he'd have been able to talk about the product if he'd had written notes on cards as a reference, instead of relying on a computerized teleprompter. Too many speakers can't talk from notes, they have to read everything and have nothing to say without it.

would you commenters be as harsh on a friend or family member if they got stage freight the way he did. he apologized later. o-well. no biggie. he is a director, not a public speaker. he obviously was embarrassed for what happened.

I stand up and speak to 150 - 200 people/day, everyday. What I hate are his trashy over-budget puerile films that suck all the cash out of hollywood for smaller, better quality films. He is the epitome of why hollywood sucks more and more. All spectacle with zero depth or originality. He's basically a product-placement 90 minute commercial director who as it apparent in this episode cannot even speak without a script because he has NO ORIGINALITY or creativity without CORPORATE planning and fabricated, safe plan to follow. HE's a SHAM